(For this particular story, and possibly for future ones at some other point in time, I plan on making the walkers a highly dangerous and serious threat again, instead of mere cannon fodder to be mowed down in seemingly countless numbers by gun wielding humans! They'll be faster and stronger as well, not to mention more intelligent than ever before, so the days of humans mostly having their way with them are now over. There'll also be some major and minor changes made to Woodbury and other places like Terminus too, in order to better fit my ideas into these stories.)
The Governor sighed deeply because for some reason he was feeling very uncomfortable right now, so even though his scouts had just returned from checking out the immediate surroundings for any possible threats, he at once sent several others in their place because clearly all was not as it seemed in Woodbury. His less than optimistic intuition had yet again paid off just then, because the scouts quickly returned with some very bad news to say the least. Over a thousand walkers were making their way ever so closer to Woodbury, and clearly the Governor knew no time could be wasted because literally every second now counted!
"Get the tank and all other available weapons ready. Make sure to surround Woodbury with every single fighter, and get everyone else inside the large building in the middle of town."
Merle quickly nodded while Martinez got inside the tank, and almost immediately the townspeople ran into the large concrete building which was complete with an underground bunker as well. There were no windows inside it but rather a huge, thick metal door which could be locked with a heavy duty deadbolt, thus making it extremely difficult for any number of biters to break through. The Governor took no chances whatsoever, because there was also a robust metal door with the same sturdy deadbolt which secured the basement entrance, meaning his people would pretty much always be safe while he and his fighters could focus on the task at hand. Hopefully sooner, rather than later he planned on completely surrounding Woodbury with either an electrified barbed wired fence, or tall and sturdy walls complete with a large metal gate so that people could come and go whenever necessary, and he also planned on putting up manned guard towers so that threats could be seen and perhaps taken care of from a relatively safe distance. However, all these things would take an ample amount of time, money and resources which he simply did not have at the moment, but Philip Blake did have one very nasty little trick up his sleeve for times like this, and he'd not hesitate to use it in order to protect his town from any and all dangers! The walkers were now in plain sight and Woodbury's fate would soon be decided, but everyone was prepared to fight to the death as the Governor stood his ground alongside his male and female counterparts.
The Governor suddenly noticed something else happening just then, which caused him to curse out loud as he showed strong emotions for the first time since Woodbury came under threat from the biters.
"Fuck! Get those goddamn prisoners and send their sorry asses out there right now! I want six on each side with the tank in the middle."
Merle and several other fighters quickly nodded as they forcefully shoved a dozen prisoners out into the open, after giving them all some rather crude but nevertheless effective weapons to fight with, such as knives, swords, hatchets and so on, thus unleashing the Governor's secret weapon of using human criminals as bait for the walkers! These vile and disgusting rapists and murderers had been recently captured by the Governor's vigilante army, to be placed inside Woodbury's prison and kept until such moments as this, so now the time had finally arrived to put these lowlife scumbags to good use! The biters forced the Governor's hand by not attacking as one large and cohesive unit, to be easily mowed down by the tank and other weapons too, but rather they were all now spreading out to completely surround Woodbury, although the sudden appearance of those inmates did cause many walkers to change direction and head back to their original position. The tank opened fire as six prisoners on either side of it charged straight into the oncoming enemy, wildly swinging their weapons and taking out several dozen biters as well, but when one convict decided to turn around and run back to where Philip was standing, the ruthless leader simply smirked before shooting the worthless murderer in both legs, causing him to fall to the ground while screaming in agony as four biters literally tore him apart right then and there!
"Fucking punk got what he deserved. Alright, let's move it!"
He now began screaming while mowing down one walker after another, for despite being a hero to his people the Governor still had an extremely violent dark side, for he showed no remorse nor even the slightest bit of pity as the walkers finally slaughtered the remaining inmates who'd been forced to do this highly aggressive man's bidding! His men and women were quickly moving around in order to not get caught standing still in one place for too long, all while shooting their weapons as often as possible but eventually some deaths began occurring. The biters were faster and stronger, not to mention smarter than expected so they eventually moved beyond the tank's effective range of fire, but the now deceased prisoners had effectively bought Woodbury enough time to properly defend itself from attack. All twelve convicts were at once shot through their heads after returning back from death as biters themselves, and the same thing applied for Philip's dead soldiers because no one needed anymore enemies to deal with at the moment. Despite being nearly overrun and having their defenses breached, the Governor and his brave male and female combatants finally gained the upper hand as they slowly but surely drove the remaining horde of biters away from Woodbury. Victory was at last theirs but the cost had been truly high, for although over five hundred of the more than one thousand walkers lay dead all around the immediate outskirts of town, ten of the Governor's thirty fighters had been killed in addition to all twelve prisoners as well, so needless to say no one wanted a repeat performance of the day's very brutal, yet assuredly tragic events!
